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February 22nd, 2007 | #1 |
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Any Fedora Core users out there?
I've had a lot of luck configuring my Linux desktop as a replacement for Windows. I'm sure there are other distributions that can be configured rather quickly too. Wanted to pass on a few links that helped me configure the system, especially for the multimedia players. Fedora Tips & Tricks for FC4 ,5, & 6 http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/
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When I used Fedora I found this website to be very helpful with regards to setting up repositories and getting NVIDIA drivers and java installed and working. http://www.fedorafaq.org/#getsoftware Here is an easy how 2 on ExecShield http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dumm...e/id-2900.html |
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February 22nd, 2007 | #3 |
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I used to have RedHat on some of my desktop machines, Mandrake on others. The two distros are very alike, the feature I like in Mandrake is the automated install, checking dependencies - urpmi. Something like the yum for Fedora/RedHat, but more mature (I think), and with more mirrors.
For servers I use them interchangeably, both work great. Thanks for moving the Aryan Linux thread here, Geoff. I'll be posting a new version soon, with a kewl NS-based theme.
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But there is one thing about FC6 I don't like, and that is manually installing the the multimedia players and codes. Of course, there is good reason for this since those players are copyrighted. Still, I know some distros bundle them, like Mandriva and Ubuntu. But I would never use Ubuntu due to their marketing slogans.
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What video players do you use?
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FC comes bundled with something called totem, which is IMHO worthless.
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I use FreeBSD for all of my computing needs. I like the idea of installing Xorg and building the system *I want* from ports. If you haven't tried FreeBSD you need to check it out, over 16,000 programs in the ports tree to choose from. The only down side is native flash support (You can install linux-firefox/linux-opera) and use flash on those, it can also be a bit time consuming to install some programs as they are built and installed from source on a 2.4-ghz amd64 it takes about 20/25 minutes to install Firefox, since the program/s are built from source they're optimized for your box, so you have some advantages of building and installing your programs. If you don't want the hassle of installing FreeBSD/configuring X manually setting up your hardware you can check out PC-BSD. It configures X and detects all of your hardware, comes with a PF firewall that can be enabled during install, It comes bundled with KDE. PC-BSD is basically FreeBSD with a GUI installer. |
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A program that you defiantly want to check out is called 'plugger' you can watch vids/listen to Mp3's right from your browser. ==================================== Tired of getting teased by Windows users because your Mozilla isn't as |<()()|_ as theirs? Well, your problems are almost solved. Plugger is a multimedia plugin for Unix Mozilla, Opera or Netscape that handles Quicktime, MPEG, MP2, AVI, SGI-movie, Tiff, DL, IFF-anim, MIDI, Soundtracker, AU, WAV and Commodore 64 audio files. And now, with Plugger 5.1.3, MPEG audio and video can be played streaming. No more waiting! Plugger is a very small plugin, because Plugger uses external programs to show/play the different formats. http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html ======================================= |
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February 23rd, 2007 | #10 |
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I've never ran of any type of BSD unix. Though for many years I ran Slackware Linux, which shares some features of the BSDs.
Actually, I'm not a big fan of Fedora/Redhat. But I adopted it for Desktop use a year or so ago - not as a server though. As a replacement for Windows it is pretty good. And by replacement, I mean Windows type of use: web browsing, email, office, desktop publishing and multimedia. Though I now read that some distros are bundling all that proprietary media stuff in and, of course, are more convenient than FC. I think White Nationalists that have the capacity to understand Linux or BSD technology ought to dump Windows. Stop buying Bill Gates' crap software which he then takes the money to "save" niggers in Africa.
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Linux may be a pain in the arse to set up, but I think my computing skills will only improve by using it as my primary OS after suffering 12+ years of atrophy with Windows. My main motivation for switching after mulling about it for the past 5 years was the fact that Vista has made any PCs that are older than 6 months obsolete because it is a resource hog. Microsoft and hardware manufacturers want the sheeple to upgrade as much as possible because of built-in obsolescence (this is fairly evident if you do a clean install of Win98 on a P2 machine right now--after the mandatory online updates, it runs like crap). I figure I can extend the life of my current PC (768 MB RAM, 2.2 GHZ P4, 80 GB HD) for another 5-10 years with Linux. So far, I'm pretty happy with Fedora, the boot process is slow because of DAM timeout errors, but I'm sure that I can find a way to overcome these. What's great is that Linux seems to be very memory efficient--I can use instant messaging or surf the web without my hard drive sounding like it's about to have a heart attack. Can you tell me more about the marketing slogan of Ubuntu? Does it involve racemixing, political correctness and other AmeriKWAN crap? |
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March 28th, 2007 | #13 | |
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http://forums.fedoraforum.org I like Fedora Core and use it for my desktop PC: web browsing, email, multimedia, and office. The FC distro is committed to being free of all non opensource software, so you'll need to install all the multimedia apps yourself. Multimedia directions are here: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/sho...d.php?t=100206 As far as Ubuntu... it has the largest user base and is designed for maximum ease of use. Ya, its got a multiculti theme to it, but if you want a good disto loaded with all the bells and whistles that usually configures everything automatically like Windows than it is a great distro. But so is http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org Here is another site I visit that keeps on top of the distro news: http://distrowatch.com/
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